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china have its own green? can there be a china dream that's different from the american dream? because if the china dream is the same as the american dream-- a big house in the suburbs and a big car-- they're going to burn up, choke up, heat up, and smoke up the planet far faster than al gore predicts. >> rose: we conclude with prince turki al-faisal, former head of saudi intelligence, ambassador to the united states and other countries >> and throughout these 80 some years that we have had our kingdom, everybody keeps talking about an uncertain future for the kingdom and because of the sagacity of the people of saudi arabia and the good will of the leadership and the government we have survived pretty well so far we have many problems to face, including syria. many challenges internally among the young people and how the go about the courses of development not just economically but socially and politically and the role of women, etc. all of these are tremendous challenges that are being debated within the kin
china have its own green? can there be a china dream that's different from the american dream? because if the china dream is the same as the american dream-- a big house in the suburbs and a big car-- they're going to burn up, choke up, heat up, and smoke up the planet far faster than al gore predicts. >> rose: we conclude with prince turki al-faisal, former head of saudi intelligence, ambassador to the united states and other countries >> and throughout these 80 some years that we...
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. >> rose: china. yes >> rose: you think china accepts and is pleased by change and progress in burma? >> i think china has its concerns about the engagement of the united states and burma. >> rose: what does that mean? >> because i think they are, well, people talk about the strategic distrust between the united states and china. >> rose: right and influence and sos on on. >> an because we are very close neighbor, just across-the-board frere china, obviously thewill be concerned about what is going on within our country. but i do not think that we should look upon burma as a bone of contention. i would like to think of burma as an area of where china and the united states can strengthen their understanding for one another. >> rose: would you be pleased or displeased if i said of you that there are two things about you. one that it is a passion for democracy. you talked about. secondly that you are a hardheaded politician. >> oh, i hope i am a hardheaded politician. i would need to be to survive what's
. >> rose: china. yes >> rose: you think china accepts and is pleased by change and progress in burma? >> i think china has its concerns about the engagement of the united states and burma. >> rose: what does that mean? >> because i think they are, well, people talk about the strategic distrust between the united states and china. >> rose: right and influence and sos on on. >> an because we are very close neighbor, just across-the-board frere china,...
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who is on china and russia's side on this, iran, that's three. >> no, but we also need to be careful because quite a lot of the emerging countries in the council did not, when you look at the voting record they're much more nuanced and much more reticent. >> rose: give me an example. >> india didn't votes. you have had situations where south africa, which is also the nuance position. >> rose: nuanced position, diplomatic term. >> yes. but i think --. >> rose: the nuanced position. >> no, i think we, i really believe that the divisions which we have seen, i mean iraq was difficult but we were able to bridge it over time. it left syria strained. and what was really sad was the inability for the council and the authority to have been accepted so that we could have stopped that war. >> rose: how much pressure was brought to bear on you from washington? >> there was pressure. but i didn't feel it too much in the sense that i felt i had the right position. my position i was really not in favor of the war. and i was also talking to quite a lot, quite a few leaders around the world. i was on
who is on china and russia's side on this, iran, that's three. >> no, but we also need to be careful because quite a lot of the emerging countries in the council did not, when you look at the voting record they're much more nuanced and much more reticent. >> rose: give me an example. >> india didn't votes. you have had situations where south africa, which is also the nuance position. >> rose: nuanced position, diplomatic term. >> yes. but i think --. >> rose:...
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and up to now, three times, russia and china say no. and, therefore, up to now, we haven't been able to intervene. which is a humanitarian catastrophe. because every day you have more than 200 people killed. and because the security council doesn't say yes, we can't do anything. no, it's note really true. we are actingo a humanitarian base. we are trying to lib rate areas. but the fact sthat bashar al-assad is still in power. and not only is killing people, but the risk that it will become more and more sort of sectarian conflict, and that syria itself will burst into pieces with possible side effects on lebanon, on kurdish territories, northern territory -- >> iran. everybody who neighbors syria wouldn't want to get involved. >> yes. and it's a terrible risk because it's lawyer a very touchy region. and it could become-- and it's nearly today-- sort of a religious conflict. we have to get the opposition united. until now they have been divided. we have an alternate solution. we think bashar al-assad has no future and president laurent
and up to now, three times, russia and china say no. and, therefore, up to now, we haven't been able to intervene. which is a humanitarian catastrophe. because every day you have more than 200 people killed. and because the security council doesn't say yes, we can't do anything. no, it's note really true. we are actingo a humanitarian base. we are trying to lib rate areas. but the fact sthat bashar al-assad is still in power. and not only is killing people, but the risk that it will become more...
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china for energy in particular, america obviously... >> rose: and they were a market. >> yeah. so i don't have a simple solution. i don't know what to do. i know what i think would be required to basically bring order to syria and i also know no one wants to do it. >> and what you long part for parts of both leaders who want to be president is for some sense of a vision how to engage these two huge problems and what would you do and what would you do different than what is being done. >> let me talk about syria and this is a flash to the wider arab spring one of my favorite movies is the movie "invictus" about nelson mandela. >> rose: played brilliantly by morgan free man. >> and the springboks rugby team in south africa and how members of the african national congress wanted to change the name, the uniforms, everything when mandela took over and my favorite line in the movie, he turns to them, his sinister of sports or whoever it was, he was making this demand and he says "no, we must not do that. we must surprise them. we must surprise the white minority by basically our... b
china for energy in particular, america obviously... >> rose: and they were a market. >> yeah. so i don't have a simple solution. i don't know what to do. i know what i think would be required to basically bring order to syria and i also know no one wants to do it. >> and what you long part for parts of both leaders who want to be president is for some sense of a vision how to engage these two huge problems and what would you do and what would you do different than what is...
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when people say that it is acceptable that russia and china used the veto power and that lets bypass the united nations, the security council is in a stalemate, it's unbearable. let me remind you that the veto is part of the united nations chapter, it's part of the international law embodied in its most important instrument. and the veto right for the members of the security council was the proposal of the united states of america, in san francisco conference. and the americans refused to create a united nations organizations without this provision. so veto is part of international law. the founding fathers of the united nations -- >> rose: i understand, i understand. >> -- agreed that unless the five government members see eye to eye, the decisions would not be workable. >> rose: i agree with that. but i mean, i am also asking, do you ever consider the fact that in this case you are very much on the wrong side of history. >> well you can only judge when history evolves. and we're no watching history in the making. when my good friend colin powell. >> rose: colin powell. >> was shaki
when people say that it is acceptable that russia and china used the veto power and that lets bypass the united nations, the security council is in a stalemate, it's unbearable. let me remind you that the veto is part of the united nations chapter, it's part of the international law embodied in its most important instrument. and the veto right for the members of the security council was the proposal of the united states of america, in san francisco conference. and the americans refused to...
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. >> rose: china. >> there are different laws in different countries, of course. i will tell you that the specific kind of these cases that concern me the most are the ones in which in the uk the version of these called super injunctions, i believe is the term, but these court orders that don't allow you to say that there is a courtrd order. so not only do you have to turn over this information you are not allowed to mention publicly that you received an order to turn over this information. i think that those are particularly disconcerting and don't have -- there is something creepy about them that makes me feel like they don't have a place in the kind of world we have all decided we want to live in here in the u.s., at least. >> rose: this may be a no-brainer, but if you look at those places that would like to shut down twitter, facebook, means for people within the community within a larger community, communicate, are we beyond that as a possibility? >> well, we are -- >> rose: that is a dream that some dictator can give up? >> we are blocked in china and iran.
. >> rose: china. >> there are different laws in different countries, of course. i will tell you that the specific kind of these cases that concern me the most are the ones in which in the uk the version of these called super injunctions, i believe is the term, but these court orders that don't allow you to say that there is a courtrd order. so not only do you have to turn over this information you are not allowed to mention publicly that you received an order to turn over this...